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Lyman Copeland Draper

Date: 1858
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype portrait of Lyman Draper (1815-1891), an American historical collector and librarian.
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Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1879
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor...
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Increase A. Lapham

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Description: Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright dressed in long, black coat, holding eyeglasses in one hand and a hat in the other. This image prompted Robert Lamp's young cousins to c...
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Christopher Latham Sholes

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Description: Portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes posing at a typewriter.
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Ezra Carr

Date: 1860
Description: Ezra S. Carr (1819-1894), one of the first members of the University of Wisconsin faculty as well as a member of the board of regents.
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George Byron Merrick

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of George Byron Merrick (1841-1931) of the 30th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1951
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times".
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Reuben Gold Thwaites

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Reuben Gold Thwaites, second Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Frederick Jackson Turner

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait, head and shoulders of Frederick Jackson Turner, historian, scholar, and writer. As a freshman at the University of Wisconsin.
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Anthony Comstock

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Description: Anthony Comstock in his New York office.
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Sherman M. Booth

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Description: Sherman M. Booth, anti-slavery editor, shown seated reading newspaper.
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Buster Keaton and Seneca Grape Juice Executive

Date: 1965
Description: Buster Keaton (right) appraises a costume for a Seneca Grape Juice TV commercial with J. Wolcott, the company's Vice President.
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Milk — The Best Bargain

Date: 1963
Description: Milton C. Geuther, Illinois American Dairy Association Manager, holding a glass of milk in one hand and a bag of cow manure in the other. Geuther claimed t...
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H.H. Bennett

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Description: Studio portrait of H.H. Bennett.
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H.H. Bennett

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Description: Studio portrait of H.H. Bennett.
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H.H. Bennett

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of H.H. Bennett.
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H.H. Bennett

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Description: Studio portrait of H.H. Bennett.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in middle age.

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